Nike SB has released the newest commercial for the Eric Koston shoes featuring Lunarion. Giant steps are what you take. . .
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Dick Reuter, a member of Kirkwood Mountain Resort, died Monday, July 4, 2011 at the resort, according to a story in the Tahoe Daily. Reuter was 88 years old.
“Dick Reuter was a mountain man’s mountain man,” said Dave Myers, vice president of operation for Kirkwood Mountain Resort. “A real pioneer and tough as nails, Dick basically single-handedly installed chair #11, ‘The Reut’ of which the lift is named after him.” . . . Reuter’s mountain resort career began in the late 1950’s in Squaw Valley after a long career as a trapper and logger in the Lassen Park area, Dalzell said. . . Reuter helped fall trees to clear ski runs at Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley and worked as a ski patrol leader at Squaw Valley during the 1960 Winter Olympics where he met his wife, Jeanne, and started a family.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
[Link: Tahoe Daily News]
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The Mt. Hood, Oregon summer season heats up this Sunday (July 10, 2011) as Bonfire, Salomon, Skullcandy, and Windells present the 14th Annual Bonfire Pipe to Pipe.
The gathering begins on the Palmer snowfield with a jam style snowboard competition in the NEW exclusive feature double mini-pipe with a spine in the middle Windells Camp will build for the event, complete with free BBQ, free prizes and a chance to ride with the best up and coming riders in the world. Pros compete for cash, Ams for prizes.
Follow the jump for all the juicy details. [click to continue…]
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Bill Strobeck has a new skate video out which features Quiksilver skaters Danny Garcia, Jake Johnson, David Clark, Austyn Gillette, and Alex Olson. It’s called Sweatpants. Check it out.
[Link: Quiksilver Skate]
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On Sunday, July 3, 2011 the Eddie Aikau Restaurant and Surf Museum opened in the Kings Shops in Waikoloa, on the Big Island of Hawaii, according to a story on Big Island Video News.
The new attraction is named after the legendary big wave surfer and Hawaiian lifeguard. He was lost at sea in 1978, paddling out to find help as a crew member aboard the capsized Hokule’a voyaging canoe. . . Present for Sunday’s opening festivities were pro surfers Shane Dorian, Kelly Slater, Clyde Aikau, Eddie’s wife Linda Ipsen, and other members of the Aikau family and representatives of the Eddie Aikau Foundation.
The restaurant, which is open for lunch and dinner, will feature “Contemporary Hawaiian Cuisine” according to Executive Chef Scott Lute. Sounds like a dinner worth the drive.
[Link: Big Island Video News]
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A 17-year-old skateboarder hit and killed 83-year-old Maryann Slettehaugh as she was crossing a Capitola, California street on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, according to a story in the San Jose Mercury News.
Traffic was backed up from the hill toward the village, and a box truck was stopped at a crosswalk for an 83-year-old Capitola woman who was crossing the street toward the ocean, Dally said. . . The boy on a skateboard was going about 15 mph when he apparently spotted the woman and jumped off his skateboard to try to avoid her, Dally said. The woman was about a step from the sidewalk when the pair collided, Capitola police Sgt. Andrew Dally said.
According to the story the skateboarder immediately tried to help the woman, but she died eight hours later at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Our thoughts are with the woman’s family (especially her husband of 64 years) and the skateboarder who was reportedly arrested following this tragic accident.
[Link: San Jose Mercury News and KTVU.com]
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Agenda Tradeshow has partnered Krush to give brands predictive data on which SKUs in the Spring 2012 lines will be the most popular six months before the products go on sales.
“This new technology is a game changer for the whole retail industry,” says Aaron Levant, President of AGENDA LLC. “It will save brands time and money by allowing them to rapidly eliminate unpopular items and capture more sales from the most popular items. Historically, action sports and lifestyle brands have been the trend setters in the industry, so it made sense for us to be the first to introduce this technology to the brands who exhibit at AGENDA.”
For more info on Krush’s SneakPeek brand events and the product data they can provide follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Since originally filing their S-1 with the Securities Exchange Commission on January 28, 2011 Skullycandy has gone through a few changes. First, founder and CEO Rick Alden resigned, then the company filed a series of amendments to their original filing. Yesterday, (July 6, 2011) they filed their fourth amendment the S-1, according to a post on Jeff Harbaugh’s Market Watch.
It appears they postponed it due a rough patch in the market. Smart. . . They list the maximum offering price as $19 a share. They are registering 9,583,334 shares and if they sell all of those, the offering will raise a bit over $182 million. But that includes the underwriters optional over allotment of 1,250,000 shares and is before expenses.
For the rest of Harbaugh’s analysis click the link.
[Link: Market Watch]
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While at San Francisco’s Rochambeau Playground in the Richmond District “to accept a $250,000 donation to the San Francisco Rec & Parks Department from the Coca-Cola Corporation,” California’s dapper Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom rolled around in front of the cameras, according to a post on RichmondSF Blog.
The money will be put towards a new trail in Golden Gate Park, as well as the SF Rec & Park Gear Up Fund which helps provide supplemental equipment to recreation center programs across the city. Part of Coca-Cola’s donation will provide a mobile van with biking, kayaking, and skateboarding gear.
Newsom’s skateboarding apparently didn’t end in calamity. Nice to know California has someone in the State government who can roll.
[Link: RichamondSF Blog via SFist.com]
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When last we visited decorated snowboard photography veteran Andy Wright the Videograss crew had him in his basement, knee deep in nostalgia, pouring over a light table while pining for the days of film. Part 2 finds Andy upstairs and behind the controls of his digital production rig.
[Link: Videograss via Yobeat]
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